We closed on the house and we are now the proud owners of 2 houses! Yes, our other house has not sold yet. Anyone looking for a terrific house on 5 acres just north of Murray, KY? Didn’t think so. I’m sure that God has a plan for all of this. We’ve been working daily since we closed on the “new” house to paint it and get some things done. We won’t move in until we finish doing some updating. As much as I would like to do it all, some of it will have to wait until the other house sells. So far, we’ve order the new countertops for the kitchen, bought an over the range microwave, ordered more wood to add to what we have to do the dining room and living room floors, and are working on painting the bedrooms and Kristen’s bathroom. The family room and living room/dining room are next.
I will have the whole lower floor of the house for my business (it’s a tri-level). I guess you could call it the basement. The room that the pool table is in now will house my fabrics. It is about as large as where I currently have my business, but my desk is in that space. The downstairs bedroom will be my office and I’ll have my desk, filing cabinet, and office supplies in there. I’ll put a picture in my blog when I finally get it all setup.
We’ve been taking our dogs with us when we know we are going to the house for the day. The yard is fenced in and they love to run and be off the run. Well, yesterday Joey, our dachsund managed to wiggle his way through the fence and took off after a rabbit. We called and looked for him to what seemed like hours before he showed up back at the house. We were so glad to see him, we forgot to punish him. Guess we’ll have to do something about the fencing. We did find ways that he could have escaped and fixed them, but I think he’ll still be able to get through the 4 inch squares in the fence. 
Shirley made this wonderful bag! It’s the Diva Essential Designer Bag, which converts to a backpack when you find that you need both hands. The bag has a center zipper right) and velcro holds it together when it is a purse. There’s lots of room inside and two large outside pockets.
Janis from Michigan made Kings Corner (below) for us, a Stone Cottage Quilts pattern. I really like the way it turned out. Than
ks Janis! I was going to make this a blue and yellow only quilt, but I love the addition of the other colors (thanks to my friend Roxanne). She has an eye for what really works.
Our new website is up and runnning. If you don’t access it with a pre-saved link from your Favorites, try deleting your cookies and accessing it again. We still have the other site up as well, as we continue to transfer data. Once that is done, it will no longer exist. I think the old site was a great site to start my business with, but the new site offers so much more. Make sure you try the design board! It’s awesome!!
Happy Sewing!
Patti
Batiks by Design
